false 4769282 1 "Each of Fonseca's books is not only a worthwhile journey; it is also, in some way, a necessary one."--Thomas Pynchon<BR> <BR> Most widely admired for his short fiction, <i>The Taker and Other Stories</i> is Fonseca's first collection to appear in English translation, and it ranges across his oeuvre, exploring the sights and sounds of the modern landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Rubem Fonseca's Rio is a city at war, a city whose vast disparities--in wealth, social standing, and prestige--are untenable. In the stories of <i>The Taker</i>, rich and poor live in an uneasy equilibrium, where only overwhelming force can maintain order, and violence and deception are essential tools of survival. <P>Whether recounting the story of a businessman who runs over pedestrians to let off steam, a serial killer being pushed to ever greater crimes by his bourgeois lover, the desperate poor rushing to butcher a cow that has been killed in a traffic accident, or a man seeking out confirmation for a past that his friends deny, Fonseca repeatedly reaffirms his status as one of the purest storytellers on the contemporary Brazilian literary scene. 4834097 1979 The Taker And Other Stories total:20|5:2|4:7|3:9|2:1|1:1| 20 68 50 8 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 09:34:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:34:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 09 07:49:09 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:57:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 15:02:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:06:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:33:22 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 05:04:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 8 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 20:33:03 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 09:36:23 -0800 2008
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